User manual

7-24 VITEK

2 Instrument User Manual

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Cleaning the Instrument Interior Maintaining the VITEK

2 Instrument

• The front legs (1, Figure 7-22) of the boat are positioned in the channel

of the base pan.

• The boat is oriented with the arrow (2) pointing toward the back.

Figure 7-22: Positioning of Boat

6) Press the Press here after completion option button shown below after

replacing the boat.

The first screen reappears with the boat count at 1 of 4.

7) Repeat this procedure, starting at Step 2, until all four boats have been

replaced.

8) Press the Previous Screen key when the display shows:

Current number of Boats: 4 of 4.

Cleaning the Instrument Interior

This section describes the procedure for cleaning the inside of the instrument,

when the instrument has been shut down and no cards are processing.

To troubleshoot optics while cards are processing, see Cleaning Optics

(Cards Processing) on page 8-23.

The procedures in this section should be performed monthly, or as conditions

require.

BIOHAZARD WARNING

All organism suspensions should be considered as potentially

infectious. Qualified laboratory personnel should use

acceptable procedures for biohazardous material.